Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Introduction: 'In Praise Of The Wilderness' - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
2. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Akh ty les, moy les (Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
3. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Gde zhe vy, druyzhki lyubeznye (Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
4. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Ty ne boys (Fevroniya, Prince Vsevolod) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
5. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Nedosug, khozyayushka, sidet (Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
6. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Ch' ya ty, devitsa (Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
7. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Ay zhe ty prekrasnaya devitsa (Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
8. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Den' i noch' u nas sluzhba voskresnaya (Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
9. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Milyy, kak bez radosti prozhit (Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
10. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Ispolat', usta sakharnye (Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
11. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Ty golubushka (Prince Vsevolod) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
12. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Tol'ko vyshli strel'tsy (Prince Vsevolod) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
13. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Oy! Oy, vernisya (Fevroniya, Prince Vsevolod) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
14. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Vygonyal on - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
15. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act One: Ty otkol' vzyalasya (Poyarok, Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
16. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Pokazhi, Mikhaylushka - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
17. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Iz-za ozera Yara - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
18. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Gospodi, spasi nas - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
19. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Nam-to chto? (Kuter'ma) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
20. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Kormil'tsy vy milostnye (Kuter'ma) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
21. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Ne vidat', tak i ne nadobno (Kuter'ma) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
22. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Poezd svadebnyy (Poyarok) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
23. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Ty otstan (Fevroniya, Poyarok, Kuter'ma) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
24. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Pomolisya, Grisha, Gospodu (Fevroniya, Kuter'ma, Poyarok) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
25. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Kak po mostikam - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
26. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Gayda! Gay! (Bedyay, Burunday, Kuter'ma) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
27. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Sosluzhi lish' sluzhbu vernuyu (Burunday, Bedyay, Fevroniya, Kuter'ma) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
28. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Two: Gayda! Gay! (Kuter'ma, Bedyay, Burunday, Fevroniya) - N. Rimsky-Korsakov

Disc 2:

1. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Zdravy bud'te, lyudi kitezhane (Poyarok, Prince Vsevolod) - Rimsky-Korsakov
2. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Fyodor! Druzhe! (Poyarok) - Rimsky-Korsakov
3. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Fyodo! Druzhe! (Poyarok, Prince Vsevolod) - Rimsky-Korsakov
4. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Kak? Kak, ona? (Prince Vsevolod, Poyarok) - Rimsky-Korsakov
5. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: O, slava, bogatstvo suetnoe (Prince Yury) - Rimsky-Korsakov
6. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Chudnaya nebesnaya tsaritsa (Poyarok, Prince Yury) - Rimsky-Korsakov
7. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Pyl' stolbom podnyalas' do neba - Rimsky-Korsakov
8. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Okh, strashna desnitsa Bozhiya (Prince Yury, Prince Vsevolod, Poyarok) - Rimsky-Korsakov
9. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Gore, gore gradu Kitezhu - Rimsky-Korsakov
10. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Byti Kitezhu razgrablenu (Prince Yury) - Rimsky-Korsakov
11. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Chudnaya nebesnaya tsaritsa - Rimsky-Korsakov
12. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Da svershitsya volya Bozhiya (Prince Yury, Prince Vsevolod) - Rimsky-Korsakov
13. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Podnyalasya s polunochi (Prince Vsevolod) - Rimsky-Korsakov
14. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Chto zh stoim my, syostry? (Prince Yury) - Rimsky-Korsakov
15. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: A tuman vsyo gustche (Prince Yury, Poyarok) - Rimsky-Korsakov
16. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 1: Entr'acte To The Second Scene: The Battle Near Kerzhenets - Rimsky-Korsakov
17. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Vot dubrava ta (Kuter'ma, Burunday, Bedyay) - Rimsky-Korsakov
18. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Oy zhe, vy murzy tatarskie (Burunday, Bedyay) - Rimsky-Korsakov
19. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Ne vorony, ne golodnye (Burunday) - Rimsky-Korsakov
20. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Akh, ty milyy zhenikh moy (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
21. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Slysh' ty, devitsa (Kuter'ma, Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
22. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Net, gudit, gudit proklyatyy zvon (Kuter'ma, Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
23. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Otchego 'ne day Bog', Grishen'ka? (Fevroniya) (Kuter'ma) - Rimsky-Korsakov
24. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Stupay, Gospoden' rab (Fevroniya, Kuter'ma) - Rimsky-Korsakov
25. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Three, Scene 2: Oy, golubchiki, na vole ya (Kuter'ma) - Rimsky-Korsakov

Disc 3:

1. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Oy, nel'zya idti mne (Fevroniya, Kuter'ma) - Rimsky-Korsakov
2. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Ya ne greshnik (Kuter'ma, Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
3. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Ty zemlya, nasha mati miloserdnaya (Fevroniya, Kuter'ma) - Rimsky-Korsakov
4. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Chto zhe mne? (Kuter'ma) - Rimsky-Korsakov
5. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Grishen'ka (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
6. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Posmotryu ya: chto zdes' tsvetikov (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
7. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Posmotryu ya: chto zdes' tsvetikov (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
8. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Razygralis' ptashki vol'nyya (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
9. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Ty li, yasnyy svet ochey moikh? (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
10. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Zhiv nadyozha, drug (Fevronya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
11. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Se zhenikh prishyol (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
12. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Kto vkusil ot khleba nashego (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
13. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Gospodi Isuse (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
14. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 1: Entr'acte to Scene 2 - Rimsky-Korsakov
15. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2 - Rimsky-Korsakov
16. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2: Dveri rayskiya (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
17. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2: Tsartsvo svetozarnoe (Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
18. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2: Kak po tsvetikam po lazorevym (Fevroniya, Prince Vsevolod) - Rimsky-Korsakov
19. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2: Milost' Bozhiya nad toboy, nevesta (Prince Yury, Fevroniya) - Rimsky-Korsakov
20. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2: Otchego u vas zdes' svet velik (Fevroniya, Prince Vsevolod, Prince Yury, Poyarok) - Rimsky-Korsakov
21. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2: Budi s nami zdes' voveki (Fevroniya, Prince Vsevolod, Prince Yury) - Rimsky-Korsakov
22. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2: Budi s nami zdes' voveki (Prince Vsevolod, Fevroniya, Prince Yury) - Rimsky-Korsakov
23. The Legend Of The Invisible City Of Kitezh And The Maiden Fevroniya: Act Four, Scene 2: Grishen'ka, khot' slab ty razumom (Fevroniya, Poyarok, Prince Yury) - Rimsky-Korsakov

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101567 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-17
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: .71 pounds

From Amazon.com
Thanks to Valery Gergiev's efforts--including his accounts of The Tsar's Bride and Kashchey the Immortal--Rimsky-Korsakov operas are no longer a mystery, but that doesn't mean there's any clearer consensus on their quality. This opera suggests why. Rimsky no doubt sensed that he had the orchestral tone painting ability to convincingly project the magical moment when the city of Kitezh under siege by the Tartars manages to disappear. That and certain other moments, such as the opera's harmonically rich, proto-Richard Strauss finale and a number of choral and orchestral passages are powerful payoffs for an uneven opera that asks the composer to elevate Russian folk tale in the way that Wagner did for Nordic mythology. But the subplots are as sprawling as the title, and Rimsky's characters stand only knee-high to Wagner's towering creations. Still, the tunes are pretty good, the orchestral scoring pricks up the ear in the less-inspired passages of the libretto, and the performance is a middling representation of the amazing Kirov standard. All the singers are solid--some rather more than that--though Kirov star Galina Gorchakova, who plays the Maiden Fevroniya, has so many vocally ungraceful moments she's fatiguing to the ear. --David Patrick Stearns